THE reaction to this week's Tempo.co poll was almost as sharp as the November 4 demonstration. The issue was the same: Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) mentioned the Qur'anic verse Al-Maidah 51 on choosing a leader.There were 18,535 respondents who answered the question, "Are you offended by Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's comment relating to the verse Al-Maidah 51? The result: 66.3 percent said "Yes, we're offended."

A written statement by Sudi Silalahi, former state secretary under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was both shocking and embarrassing. According to Sudi, he never received the final report documents on the death of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib made by the fact-finding team (TPF).